Obama Executes Another Pirouette Regarding Georgia

[Kathianne]

No surprise. Links at site:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/reuters-fabricates-obamas-response-to.html

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6541/obamaflopum5.jpg


Nowhere in Obama's original statement did he exclusively condemn Russia but rather took the citizen of the world approach and left America's ally Georgia to fend for itself.
Here is that statement:


"I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict. Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation to full scale war. Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected. All sides should enter into direct talks on behalf of stability in Georgia, and the United States, the United Nations Security Council, and the international community should fully support a peaceful resolution to this crisis."


Russian planes bombed the town of Gori yesterday. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town and killed at least five people. (Spiegel)

But, that was yesterday.
Now Politico is reporting that Barack Obama has released a fresh new statement and has decided to choose sides:


"I condemn Russia's aggressive actions and reiterate my call for an immediate ceasefire... Russia must stop its bombing campaign, cease flights of Russian aircraft in Georgian airspace, and withdraw its ground forces from Georgia."

Suddenly, Barack is sounding McCainish.
Surprised?

Drew thinks someone must have looked it up and told Obama which side we are on.

UPDATE: Laika's Last Woof suggests this for the next McCain ad:


"I don't need to Google Georgia to know which side we're on."

Ouch!

UPDATE 2: Glenn McCoy nails it, via Powerline:

The liberal media hacks in the background are a nice touch.

More... Tom Maguire adds, "This is almost like watching "Follow The Leader". Too bad it's not a game."

[hjmick]

I'm shocked I tell you! Shocked!

I just did the same test with my wife that I did yesterday with the two statements, only this time it was "who said it?"

She thought it was McCain and was shocked to find out it was Obama.

[Kathianne]

I'm shocked I tell you! Shocked!

I just did the same test with my wife that I did yesterday with the two statements, only this time it was "who said it?"

She thought it was McCain and was shocked to find out it was Obama.

yeah, it becomes obvious, from yesterday:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021208.php


August 9, 2008
"Meaningless Statements"

Barack Obama has been criticized for acting as though he is already President. That's natural, since the actions in question have been presumptuous: the pseudo-Presidential seal, the speech in Germany, and so on. Today, one might say that John McCain is acting as though he is already President, but in a substantive and positive way. In his response to Russia's invasion of Georgia, McCain is giving us a preview of what sort of President he would be.

McCain has strongly and unequivocally come out in support of our ally Georgia, while placing the onus for the war squarely where it belongs, on Russia. In this, he has aligned himself with our most loyal European allies. Obama, on the other hand, issued the sort of vapid statement that would ingratiate him with the State Department while not requiring any distraction from his Hawaii vacation. An interesting point, by the way: McCain is supposed to be the old guy, but Obama is the one who needs a vacation.

Here is the latest from the McCain campaign:


This afternoon I spoke, for the second time since the crisis began, with Georgian President Saakashvili. It is clear the situation is dire. Russian aggression against Georgia continues, with attacks occurring far beyond the Georgian region of South Ossetia. As casualties continue to mount, the international community must do all it can to avert further escalations. Tensions and hostilities between Georgians and Ossetians are in no way justification for Russian troops crossing an internationally recognized border. I again call on the Government of Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of Georgia.


Given this threat to Euro-Atlantic security, I am pleased to see the United States, the European Union, and NATO acting together by sending a delegation to the region, in an effort to broker a cease fire. This is an important first step.

The United Nations has been prevented from taking any meaningful action by Russian objections. In view of this, I welcome the statements of democratic nations defending the sovereignty of Georgia and condemning Russian actions.


I strongly support the declaration issued by the Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and their commitment that 'aggression against a small country in Europe will not be passed over in silence or with meaningless statements equating the victims with the victimizers.'

I doubt that the Europeans were thinking of Obama when they wrote this, but who knows? Maybe they had seen this "meaningless statement equating the victims with the victimizers" from the Obama campaign:


It’s both sides’ fault — both have been somewhat provocative with each other.

McCain's statement continues:


I share their regret that NATO's decision to withhold from Georgia a Membership Action Plan may have been viewed as a green light for aggression in the region. As they propose, a new international peacekeeping force should be created, in light of -- as they observe -- the 'obvious bankruptcy of Russian "peacekeeping operations" in its immediate neighborhood.' In addition, Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb, the Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has said there can be no return to the status quo in South Ossetia and that Russia cannot serve as a mediator in the South Ossetian conflict. Each of these leaders represents a country that has undergone what Georgia is now experiencing.

That last is a key point, but one that is no doubt lost on Obama and his advisers. It is often said that Obama is not ready to be President, but I don't think this is exactly right. It seems pretty obvious that Obama, given his temperament, his self-regard, his blithe ignorance of history and of the material conditions of life on this planet, will never be ready to be President. He is not unready: he is unsuited for, and inadequate to, the office.

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Posted by John at 8:27 PM

[Yurt]

obama is a wuss. i, at times, wonder why his party chose him, but i don't want to believe they chose a man over a woman, that would be sexist. but that is what happened. and of course, people don't want to hear clinton or bush again.

but, i believe, the dems are sexist, and chose the racist..

[theHawk]

No surprise. Links at site:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/reuters-fabricates-obamas-response-to.html

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6541/obamaflopum5.jpg

*Gasp*, You mean Obama's message of lets all just stop and hold hands together fell on deaf ears? How can this be!

I mean really, this dimwit thinks that all we ever need to do us call on the UN to pass a resolution 'calling for peace' every time a conflick breaks out around the world?